Leanpub.com accepts Markdown only from authors. They use some extensions like tables or source code embedding to take most of the pain away.

Markdown doesn’t such a fine control as TeX/LaTeX, but most ebook readers wouldn’t honor that anyway. You can take a look at the free sample (example) to judge the result.

I think, yes, Markdown is an excellent format to write ebooks.

Leanpub.com accepts Markdown only from authors. They use some extensions like tables or source code embedding to take most of the pain away.

Markdown doesn’t offer such a fine control like TeX/LaTeX, but most ebook readers wouldn’t honor that anyway. You can take a look at the free samples (example) to judge the result.

I think, yes, Markdown is an excellent format to write ebooks.